Indonesia and Bali’s unique culinary heritage is world famous, with some dishes like beef rendang, gado gado (vegetable salad with peanut sauce), or soto ayam (chicken soup) being considered national heritage.
Fresh produce, aromatic spices and herbs, cooking secrets passed down through generations, and of course, love – is in every bite you take in Bali. And have you ever cooked in a banana leaf or grind your own spice using old-school mortar and pestle?
If you have a free morning or afternoon in Canggu, here are some amazing cooking workshops to cook and eat fantastic traditional Balinese and Indonesian food. Hone your culinary skills together with Balinese chefs eager to share their family recipes with you and surprise your taste buds.
If you’re staying outside Canggu, you should check out our guide to Bali’s best cooking classes.
Best Cooking Classes in Canggu (And Around)
Cooking Classes @ Hotel Tugu Bali
Hotel Tugu, located 2 minutes from Batu Bolong Beach is an ode to traditional Indonesian architecture and garden landscapes and a beautiful place with a collection of antiques and events promoting Balinese heritage. This includes outstanding cooking classes.
Cooking class with Ibu Soelastria
First, there is the iconic morning class with Ibu Soelastria. This Balinese lady will teach you her secrets about Indonesian and Balinese food. And you know the food is good, as Ibu Soelastria and Tugu chefs have been chosen to cook for the Bali Royal family and Indonesian Presidents for the past 5 years.
You will make 3 dishes, one spicy sauce (sambal), and one dessert. When booking you can choose what dishes you’d like to cook and the list makes it very clear which ones are authentic Javanese recipes and which are Balinese – so you can explore both cultures.
Jamu Class @ Hotel Tugu Bali
Another absolutely unique class at Tugu is a Djamoe class that teaches you how to make traditional healing herbal drinks using hundred-year-old recipes.
These drinks healed Java and Bali’s generations without using Western medicine!
Where Is It? Pantai Jl. Pantai Batu Bolong No.117x, Canggu, Kuta Utara, Badung Regency, Bali 80361, Indonesia
Online: Tugu Hotels
Balinese Cooking Class in Canggu @ Tapa Tepi
Learn how to make staple Balinese food during a 3-hour cooking class at Tapa Tepi Bali under the guidance of chefs Made Artadana and Ary Pedi Raga.
You can pick one of the 3 menus, each including an appetizer, soup, main dish, and dessert. One of the menus is vegan-friendly. You can make the famous chicken satay (skewers), moringa apps, and amazing sweet fried bananas.
Based on your plans for the day you can join a morning class or an afternoon class.
Where Is It: Jl. Pantai Berawa No.88, Canggu, Kec. Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361
Online: Cooking Class Canggu
Will Meyrick’s Canggu Cooking Class
A cooking experience has three main parts: a garden tour as they grow their own ingredients, a cooking class to make 5 dishes, and a lunch when you enjoy all the dishes you made with the group and can share your first impressions.
As usual, two classes are available, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Note that there are no menus to choose from, the 5 dishes you’ll learn are two main dishes with meat, vegetable salad, and two dressings (sauces).
Where Is It: Jl. BintanV, Tibubeneng, Kec. Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361
Online: Will Meyrick
Bu Dewi Cooking Class & Homestay
Ibu Dewi invites you to visit her local house in Berawa, Canggu, and learn from her family recipes. While classes are offered every day except Sunday, vegetarian classes are only every Thursday.
Even during the week, every day has a different menu so you can join the classes a few times. All food is delicious and homemade, and Ibu Dewi teaches with so much patience and love!
Where Is It: Jl. Sri Kahyangan I No.77, Tibubeneng, Kec. Kuta Utara, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80365
Online: Caraway Bali
Tanah Lot Cooking Class
Not far from Canggu, there is a beautiful water temple called Tanah Lot. The region it is located known as Tabanan is green and quiet, and the people here still keep the generational recipes of the traditional Balinese dishes.
The cooking class will be a whole day experience. First, you will visit a local market where you will buy all of the fresh ingredients for the class. The chef will then briefly explain the local ingredients and how Balinese and Indonesians use them.
What we loved the most about this class was that then we proceeded to cook 12 dishes – unheard of for most cooking classes offering no more than 3. You can take home all the recipes in a little cookbook. Immediately after that, the feast awaits with free-flow soft drinks.
To top the cooking class experience, you will join the Tanah lot temple tour before you head home.
Where Is It: Jl. Lanyahan No. 18X Banjar Betenyuh, Jl. Yeh Gangga I, Sudimara, Kec. Tabanan, Kabupaten Tabanan, Bali 82115
Online: Mexx Cooking School
Balinese Cuisine Cooking Class @ The Amala, Seminyak
There are two cooking classes daily at The Amala, run by the chefs who also cook for their amazing Bamboo restaurant.
If you want you can add the local market tour in the morning to your class to make it a whole day trip. We highly recommend it, as the markets are truly worth visiting – the colours, the aromas, all the exotic ingredients, roots, and spices – magical!
During the class, you will make three Balinese dishes, choosing from three menus, with one of them being 100% vegetarian. Usually, it is a soup or salad, a main dish, and a sweet snack.
Where Is It: Jl. Kunti I No.108, Seminyak, Kec. Kuta, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361
Online: The Amala
Ji Cocktails Workshop
If you’ve already done some food cooking classes, it is time to up your game with some creative cocktails inspired by organic ingredients and alcohol you can find in Bali.
It is a fun experience in an award-winning restaurant, where you will learn to make 2 cocktails from scratch, and, of course, drink them with a mini-selection of canapes.
A huge bonus? Ji is one of the coolest rooftop bars in Canggu with a sunset view!
Where Is It: Jalan Pantai Batu Bolong, Canggu Beach, Canggu, Kuta Utara, Canggu, Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361
Online: Ji Restaurant
Final Thoughts On Cooking Classes in Canggu
There are many ways to discover unique Balinese culture and the food is definitely one of them. Experienced chefs and Balinese homemakers are ready to take you on culinary adventures and introduce you to local markets and exotic ingredients.
There will be no better opportunity to get a hands-on experience and make your own Balinese lunch. You’re guaranteed to impress your family and friends back home with these bold flavours!
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